Four people attempt suicide alleging harassment from BJP MLA in Karnataka
Haveri: Four people reportedly consumed poison in an attempted suicide after accusing exploitation and oppression at the hands of the BJP MLA for the Haveri Vidhana Sabha constituency Nehru Olekar’s family at Shidenuru village.
Accusing Nehru Olekar’s family of trying to grab their farmland, Kandaya village’s Paandappa Kabbur, Gangawwa Kabbur, Hanumanthappa Badiger, and Guruchappa Lamani consumed poison in their field and attempted to end their lives, it is learned.
The four individuals who became severely ill after consuming poison were reportedly taken to the Byadagi hospital for primary treatment and later transported to the Davangere hospital for further treatment.
Citing that 29 families have been cultivating on illegal land, MLA Nehru Olekar and his children had been demanding that each family should give away 15 gunta of their cultivation land, it is learned. The farmers have accused that because they did not give away the land, the MLA and his family had ensured the farmers received no cooperation in farming activities from the villagers.
MLA Nehru Olekar has not yet responded to the above accusations.
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Formulate model SOP for trekking safety in Karnataka: Minister Khandre tells officials
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment Eshwar Khandre has instructed authorities to formulate a standard operating procedure (SOP) for trekking safety, intended to serve as a national model.
The Minister issued the instruction in writing to the chief wildlife warden in the wake of the disappearance of a woman from Kerala in the dense Tadiandamol forest, and the search for a minor girl in Chandradrona hills, his office said in a release on Thursday.
Like the ‘e-Gastu’ app already developed by the Forest Department and the ‘MStripes’ app used in tiger reserves, if a similar kind of app is temporarily installed on the mobile phones of trekkers during the trek, it will be easier to track those who go astray, hence the Forest Minister has directed to take steps to develop the app and provide group insurance to trekkers, it said.
In addition, Khandre has suggested that nature guides should be equipped with wireless communication sets and they should be held accountable for safety and coordination of trekking groups under their supervision, it added.
